Dreaming & Dying
TITLE
Dreaming & Dying
DIRECTOR
Nelson Yeo
COUNTRY
Singapore, Indonesia
YEAR
2023
DURATION
77′
GENRE
Drama
Dreaming & Dying
Three middle aged friends reunite for the first time in years. Each of them sets out to confess unexpressed feelings but their vacation takes a surprising turn when the undercurrent of their past lives threaten to resurface.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Nelson Yeo
NELSON YEO graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking from Nanyang Technological University in 2011. He participated in Berlinale Talents Tokyo (2014), BiFan Fantastic Film School (2015) and Locarno Filmmakers Academy (2018). Nelson has a prolific body of works. His short films have been selected at over 30 international film festivals such as Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Cairo International Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. MARY, MARY, SO CONTRARY (2019) was awarded Best Experimental Short at Golden Ger International Film Festival, HERE IS NOT THERE (2019) was awarded Best ASEAN Short Film at the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival, and PLASTIC SONATA (2021) was awarded at Seashorts Film Festival and Ribalta Experimental Film Festival. His first feature film, DREAMING & DYING, premiered at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival, Concorso Cineasti del presente section.
- DirectorNelson Yeo
- ScreenplayNelson Yeo
- CinematographyLincoln Yeo
- EditingArmiliah Aripin
- CastDOREN TOH, PETER YU, KELVIN HO
- Producer/s TAN SI EN, SOPHIA SIM
- Production CompanyMomo Film Co
- Distributor/sLights On Film
- Project TitleDreaming & Dying
- Project TypeDrama
- Completion Date January 1, 2023
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Country of origin
Singapore, Indonesia -
Country of filming
Singapore, Indonesia - LanguageMandarin, English, Singlish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Nelson Yeo
NELSON YEO graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking from Nanyang Technological University in 2011. He participated in Berlinale Talents Tokyo (2014), BiFan Fantastic Film School (2015) and Locarno Filmmakers Academy (2018). Nelson has a prolific body of works. His short films have been selected at over 30 international film festivals such as Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Cairo International Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. MARY, MARY, SO CONTRARY (2019) was awarded Best Experimental Short at Golden Ger International Film Festival, HERE IS NOT THERE (2019) was awarded Best ASEAN Short Film at the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival, and PLASTIC SONATA (2021) was awarded at Seashorts Film Festival and Ribalta Experimental Film Festival. His first feature film, DREAMING & DYING, premiered at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival, Concorso Cineasti del presente section.
